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You might have a look at some other chord charts that offer some other options:

https://banjochords.net/chords/tenor/7/7-tenor-banjo-chords.pdf

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https://banjochords.net/chords/tenor/
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Some of your questions about fingering options may be found in Calace's "Metodo per liuto cantabile"

https://imslp.org/wiki/Metodo_per_liuto_cantabile%2C_Opp.85-88_(Calace%2C_Raffaele)
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She will also be at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. New Orleans, LA. Tickets. Apr 28, 2024.

This is really true - Ableton is quite good for that sort of use. Much better than a loop pedal.



Also true! And there's nothing wrong with improving one's sense of time.

I've used a live recording loop station as a basis of a gig act for years, and older Boss RC20XL Loop Station with 2 pedals.

If you not using quantize and such, just looping live, like it do,...

Perhaps...or it was just not made as a strictly period instrument, but a functional one that looked OK enough.

Many American fiddle tunes come from the Irish and Scottish tradition. admittedly I'm not an expert, but in ITM there is a thing called "strict tempo" when playing for dancers and dance competitions....

Hey, good for you and all the best!

Sue, what you describe about your school music experience is what I complain about...music ed that never addresses the basic issues of the inner ear.

Instead...

That depends on how you were taught to read standard notation...which in the Italian tradition was a way to sing before you were ever given an instrument.

So I disagree, learning to sight-sing...

When I worked the North CA Renn Faire in the 1990's I met many folks, including Turner and Hostetter, that were veterans of the original Southern CA faire.

It began in the early-to-mid 1960s.

It looks like it was made to be used at a Renn fair. Enjoy.

Been there, done that

One of the pics shows the side view of the neck, and I wonder if the action is a bit high or not.

A few links about Thornward:
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I'm not sure...check the scale length and neck and see how short it looks. It may be in 4ths or 5ths. I'm curious.

That makes sense! BTW, I'm part German Catholic too...but mostly Sicilian/Italian.



As the organist at our local Catholic church, these are a few of my favorite hymns:

Be Thou My Vision (I...

Roundwounds on a bowlback are typically more characteristic of Italian schools as many if not most German classical musicians prefer flatwounds and those Wolle picks, but if you want a brighter tone,...

I'm curious about the taste and ethnic background of the wedding party.

All the Celtic tunes would work well for many folks...but my Italian family would likely prefer other music.

Also does...

Funny you suggest that - I'd do the reverse, since the next section begins in the upper range, and the top line of the ending puts one in position for that, whereas the bottom line sets one up for...

No, I'm not rolling my eyes about your Gibson....but I'd rather play your other mandolins!;) :grin:

From my experience, pretty much all bowlbacks should be strung with extra-light strings, with 1st string at .009.

I have no problems with the GHS A240 Ultra Light Gauge: L09 (2) -L13 (2) -LB20 (2)...

That sounds good - and I'd add "O'Carolan's Concerto".

That is a classic choice. There's also the Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major which would be a good option for the recessional.

Also other option would be the trumpet tunes or...

Learning the piano keyboard, even just as a music theory learning tool, is very useful. One advantage over the mandolin fingerboard is that each discrete pitch has only a single place to play them....

Yes, from my experience with our local French music scene, which was closely associated with the Lark Camp world, there was a difference between the folk musicians that played with hurdy-gurdies and...

I'd like to add couple of links too:

https://gurdyworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Massif-Central-Pink.pdf

https://accordeonaire.com/bal-folk-tune-book-project/
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